KMHA: Policy # C13
Title: Reporting Child Abuse
Rational: KMHA has created the following guide to provide guidance to KMHA volunteers in investigating issues as they arise within our program.
Policy Statement: To ensure all KMHA participants are safe and we meet all required reporting rules under Canadian and provincial Law. regarding concerns of Child Abuse/Neglect.
Suspected Child Abuse – Action Steps
When a child discloses information of possible child abuse, the following actions must be taken.
1) Call Program Your Head Coach
· ___________________________________(cell)
· ___________________________________(cell)
2) Call the KMHA office
· Rolland Cyr – General Manager, KMHA, 519-579-2229, ext 201
o Rolland will be able to assist or if he is unavailable please reach out to
· David Carr – Risk Manager – contact through the KMHA office
· Randy McCarten – President, - contact through the KMHA office
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3) Share the disclosure with the KMHA Support member who will provide guidance and next steps.
4) Complete the “KMHA Incident Report.”
5) Make the phone call to Family and Children’s Services, 519-576-0540
6) Share the following information with the operator who answers the phone: “My name is _______. I am a volunteer with the Kitchener Minor Hockey Association. The Team/Program/Event the I help with is the __________________________________________. I would like to report a possible abuse situation that a child has shared with me.”
7) You will be connected to a case worker who will request the information you have collected and recorded on the “KMHA Incident Report”. Share this information.
8) Give the completed form to the Kitchener Minor Hockey Support staff member, who will take this documentation to the KMHA office and file it safely.
9) Do not share the information with anyone else. This is confidential.
10) Remain calm and rest assured that you are acting in the best interests of the child, and taking the necessary action required of anyone working with children under the age of 16.
